ZooKeys (Jan 2024)

Midget cave spiders (Araneae, Leptonetidae) from Jiangxi and Fujian Province, China

  • Bin-Lu Liu,
  • Yan-bin Yao,
  • Zi-Min Jiang,
  • Yong-hong Xiao,
  • Ke-Ke Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1189.111041
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1189
pp. 287 – 325

Abstract

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Eleven leptonetid species belonging to four genera collected in Jiangxi and Fujian Provinces, China are presented. Ten new species of midget cave spiders from southern China are diagnosed, described, and illustrated: Leptonetela dawu Yao & Liu, sp. nov., L. yuanhaoi Yao & Liu, sp. nov. and L. zuojiashanensis Yao & Liu, sp. nov. from Jiangxi; Longileptoneta guadunensis Yao & Liu, sp. nov., L. huboliao Yao & Liu, sp. nov., L. jiaxiani Yao & Liu, sp. nov., L. letuensis Yao & Liu, sp. nov., L. renzhouensis Yao & Liu, sp. nov., L. tianmenensis Yao & Liu, sp. nov., and Pararana mingxuani Yao & Liu, sp. nov. from Fujian. Furthermore, Falcileptoneta monodactyla (Yin, Wang & Wang, 1984) is recorded from Jiangxi province for the first time. Distributions records are given for all investigated species.